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GARNER COMPLEX #UPDATEDaily Update 8-6-18 11:00 a.m.QUICK FACTS:Size: 8,886 acres Change in last 24 hrs. 0 acresContainment: 82% - Garner ComplexStart Date/Time: 7/15/2018 9:00 a.m.Expected Containment Date: 8/10/18Location: Jackson CountyCause: LightningEst. Cost: $41,180,000 millionPersonnel: 894Assigned Resources: Handcrews: 23Engines: 31Dozers: 6Water Tenders: 17Assigned Aircraft: 10Structures Threatened: 564Structures Damaged: 0Structures Destroyed: 0Injuries: 17Firefighters on the Garner Complex are working diligently toward handing the management of the fire back to the local Oregon Dept. of Forestry district.Crews using palm-held infrared scanners are finding fewer hot spots near containment lines as mop up winds down. Eliminating hot spots continues along a portion of the western control line of the Grave Creek fire and and an eastern portion of the Pleasant Creek Fire.Extinguishing the remaining hot spots is a top priority for today’s crews. Pulling and removing hose from...

Weather: Mostly sunny today with areas of smoke. Westerly and terrain driven winds (4-8 mph with gusts to 14 mph on ridges) will prevail in the afternoon, with winds shifting northeasterly overnight. High pressure will build over the area early in the week, with warming and drying conditions. Yesterday’s Activities: Firelines on the northern half of the fire, consisting of dozer lines and local road systems, continue to hold as crews proceeded to further secure the lines, mop up and patrol. On the southeastern side of the fire, east of Cole Creek, crews continued using low intensity hand ignition to bring fire down a ridge line almost to Indian Creek, where they secured the fire in a rocky area for the night. Aerial ignition was used to remove some of the fuels between this area and the main fire body to reduce the potential for the fire to run to the east. Aerial resources were used to hold the fire in place on the southwestern edge, while assessing opportunities for...

COMMUNITY MEETINGS: There will be two Hendrix Fire Community Meetings next week. The first one will be held at 7 pm on Wednesday, August 8, 2018, at Ashland Middle School, 100 Walker Avenue, Ashland, Oregon. The second meeting will start at 7 pm on Friday, August, 10, 2018, at the Hendrix Fire Incident Command Post located at the intersection of Highway 238 and Hamilton Road in Ruch, Oregon. This meeting will be followed by a tour of the fire camp.Sunday will see the return of high temperatures and smoky conditions. Low temperatures will be in the mid-50s, and high temperatures are forecasted to be in the low 90s. Generally expect northwest around 6 mph in the afternoon. Active fire behavior on many of the fires in southwest Oregon will provide smoke to the area.The fire’s containment date remains difficult to fully project. Firefighters have reviewed conditions on the ground and determined that the containment date should be readjusted to August 31. This is due to many factors...

Community Meeting Tonight: There will be a Fire Information meeting tonight, Monday, August 6, 2018 at 6:00 pm at the Selma Community and Education Center, 18255 Redwood Highway, Selma. Weather and Fire Behavior: A warming, drying trend will occur Tuesday through Thursday. A low pressure system moving into the area on Friday will bring cooler temperatures, but also higher winds and a potential increase in fire activity. Expect increasingly heavy smoke through Thursday mid-day when the frontal passage begins. Yesterday’s Activities: Crews continued to work reopening some of the Biscuit firelines on the fire’s northwest edge as well as identifying structure protection needs near Agness. On the fire’s eastern flank, weather conditions did not allow aerial firing operations as planned. However, ground crews conducted firing operations, gaining valuable ground on the primary containment line. Crews also continued to patrol, mop-up and monitor burnouts on the primary...

Summary: The Miles, Columbus, Snowshoe and Round Top Fires are being managed under unified command amongst the Northern Rockies Team 2 (Turman), the Oregon Department of Forestry Team 1 (Hessel) and Oregon State Fire Marshal’s Red Team (Yocum). These incidents are formally known as the South Umpqua Complex and Sugar Pine Fires. Smoky conditions across the area on Sunday helped to temper winds and moderate fire behavior. Firefighters used this break to make good progress on lining spot fires and strengthening control lines around the incident. The smoky conditions did limit air operations on fires yesterday, due to low visibility. Community Meetings: The IMTs will be hosting a community meeting in Tiller on Wednesday, August 8 at 6:30 p.m. at the Tiller Rural Fire Protection District, 27598 Tiller Trail Hwy. There will also be a community meeting in Shady Cove on Thursday, August 9 at 6:30 p.m. at the Upper Rogue Community Center, 22465 Hwy 62. Miles Fire: Firefighters continued...

Below are locations where Taylor Creek Fire information is distributed to the public. Many of the locations have information boards and Public Information Officers visit daily to update the the information and answer questions any questions the public may have. We may add additional locations if necessary. MERLIN Rural Metro Fire Station #1 Monument Drive Lil Pantry Gas 5030 Monument Dr.Rays 3500 Merlin Rd Dollar General 3625 Merlin DrRiffle Café 450 Merlin Dr Shell Station 310 Merlin DrLil Pantry Grocery 148 Merlin Dr Post Office 317 Josephine StCounty Fire Department 220 Peach St River Grill 330 Merlin-Galice RdBaldinis Bar and Grill 107 Merlin-Galice Rd Whitewater Cowboys 210 Merlin RdBlackbird Real Estate 190 Galice Rd Victoria’s Station 120 Galice RdMorrison’s Rogue Wilderness Adventures 325 Galice Rd GALICE Indian Mary Campground 7100 Galice Rd Morrison Lodge 8500 Galice RdGalice Resort 11744 Galice Rd Rand/Smullin Information Center 14335 Galice Rd ...

Fire Evacuation Level Change: Galice Creek and Galice Road Area8/5/18 @ 3:30 pmDETAILS:Due to planned firefighting operations for the Taylor Creek Fire, the Josephine CountySheriff's Office is issuing a Level 3 “GO” evacuation notice for the following residences:Galice Creek Road:801, 753 and 402Galice Road:11411, 11407 and

The Southwest Oregon Joint Information Center has released the update for August

Firefighters on the Garner Complex are working diligently toward handing the management of the fire back to the local Oregon Dept. of Forestry district. Last night, crews used palm-held infrared scanners to detect pockets of heat near containment lines. Extinguishing the hot spots became the top priority for today’s crews on mop operations. The northern portion of the fire remains in patrol status. Crews began pulling hose lays and returning it to the incident base. Yesterday, fire crews returned over a mile of hose. Today, fire managers report that nearly four miles of hose is ready for backhaul to the incident base. In addition to winding down the Garner Complex, fire managers also support initial attack on new incidents near the fire. Yesterday, firefighters on the Garner Complex responded to a 2.5 acre fire on land protected by the Oregon Dept. of Forestry. The new start was quickly suppressed. Today’s operations include more mop up operations. Crews continue to find hot...

Bear Camp Road and Rogue River Closures as of Saturday Aug 4, 2018; 10:00 a.m. The following list summarizes closure information related to the Bear Camp Road system and Rogue River only, as reported by the Rogue River-Siskiyou National Forest, Medford District Bureau of Land Management, Oregon State Marine Board, and Josephine County Sheriff’s Office Please note that this does not list other area closures in the vicinity of the Taylor Fire, nor does it indicate evacuations. Closures and evacuations are dynamic. Know before you go and double-check the official sources. · Galice Access/Bear Camp Road (FS 23) from Agness (FS 33) to Galice o No access to Peavine Rd · Burnt Ridge Road (FS 2308) from FS 33 to Bear Camp · Rogue River from Dunn Riffle to Galice · All boat ramps along the river between Galice and Whitehorse Park o Hog Creek Ramp is open for take-out o Galice Ramp is open for put-in · BLM-administered lands and recreation sites from Hog Creek to...

The Northern Rockies Incident Management Team, in unified command with Oregon Department of Forestry and the Oregon State Fire Marshal, assumed command of South Umpqua Complex and the Sugar Pine Fires today at 6:00 a.m. On Saturday, Miles Fire expanded once again to the southeast, as the fire on the north slope of Burnt Peak reached the ridge top and was spotting ahead onto the south slope. A finger of fire also spread toward Bailey Butte. On the west side, fire crossed the east-west line at Alco Rock. Helicopters and airplanes dropped water and retardant on the fire while crews burned out from the line in an attempt to stop the fire, but it spotted ahead and ultimately the line was lost. The West Branch of Elk Creek is now the primary containment line for the southwestern portion of the fire. In the northwestern portion of the fire, some heat remains in the interior and fire is consuming unburned fuel, while mop-up and snag-felling continues along the edges. Hand-held infrared...

The Grayback Road remains open, but expect up to 30 minute traffic delays.

he Smoke Outlook for southwest Oregon has been released for August

South Umpqua Complex/Sugar Pine Fires Update Prospect, Oregon – The South Umpqua Complex/Sugar Pine Fires are now under unified command among the Northern Rockies Team 2, the Oregon Department of Forestry Incident Management Team 1, and the Oregon State Fire Marshal’s Office. The Oregon National Guard, the Jackson County Sheriff, Oregon State Police, Army Corps of Engineers and Oregon State Parks are cooperators. This update will focus on the Sugar Pine Fires. Starting tomorrow, updates for the South Umpqua Complex and Sugar Pine fires will be combined into one daily update. Due to the threat to structures, Governor Kate Brown has invoked the Conflagration Act for the Sugar Pine Fire. The declaration authorizes the Oregon State Fire Marshal’s office to mobilize firefighters and equipment to assist local resources battling the fire. The State Fire Marshal mobilized 4 task forces to assist with structure assessment. The fire is threatening approximately 317 homes. ...

Dufur, OR – The South Valley Fire is in full mop-up. While the fire has reached 40 percent containment, an overnight infrared flight revealed smoldering hot spots in many areas along the fire’s perimeter. Fire crews will be spending the next few days cooling the edges and well into the fire’s interior. The size of the fire remains 20,026 acres. Today, firefighters will once again be working under more favorable conditions with mild (but warmer) temperatures and light winds. The priority will be cooling hot spots and digging up duff from the perimeter to at least 75 feet into the interior of the fire that will prevent any burning embers from crossing containment lines. Six helicopters are remaining on standby should a new fire start or something from this fire carry over containment lines. Tonight, operations will include mop-up and patrol of containment lines. With the threat to homes diminishing, the Oregon State Fire Marshal’s Green Team has demobilized and returned to their...

Size: 38,400 acres Containment: 38%The eastern flank of the Taylor Creek Fire is contained. On the northeast corner, containment extended Saturday from Hog Creek, past Indian Mary Park, nearly to Taylor Creek. Total containment is at 38%.On Saturday, 147 Soldiers and Airmen with the Oregon National Guard arrived to help mop up and patrol the eastern and northeastern perimeter, thoroughly searching for any remaining pockets of heat within 150 feet of the fire’s edge to further strengthen this section of line.Yesterday’s weather was favorable, enabling crews to continue firing operations on the north and northwestern perimeters. Using aerial ignition techniques, firefighters bring slow, low intensity, backing fire down from ridge tops to established lines. Helicopters with water buckets help keep these backing fires at a low intensity. With continued favorable weather today, crews will continue this work. The intent is to keep the fire footprint as small as possible.Firing...

ORDER No. 18-05-010 EMERGENCY FIRE CLOSURE KLAMATH NATIONAL FOREST Pursuant to 16 USC 551 and 36 CFR 261.50(a) and (b), and to provide for public safety, the following acts are prohibited within the Happy Camp/Oak Knoll Ranger District of the Klamath National Forest. This Order is effective from August 5, 2018, until the Natchez Fire is declared out. I. Going into or being upon National Forest System lands within the Natchez Fire Closure Area, as described below and shown on the attached map. The Natchez Fire Closure Area begins at the intersection of Forest Road No. 48 (Grayback Road), the Klamath National Forest boundary and the Rogue River-Siskiyou National Forest boundary, then continues southeasterly along the western edge of Forest Road No. 48 (Grayback Road) to its intersection with the eastern section line of Section 16 in Township 17 North, Range 7 East, Humboldt Meridian, then continues south along the section line to its intersection with the southeastern corner of...

There will be a Fire Information meeting at 6:00pm tonight (Sunday) August 5, 2018 at the Grange in Happy Camp.

Community Meeting: There will be a Fire Information meeting at 6:00pm tonight (Sunday) August 5, 2018 at the Grange in Happy Camp. Weather and Fire Behavior: Temperatures across the fire area today will be in the high 80’s (valleys) to high 70’s (ridges). Fire behavior will be more active in areas where smoke clears out. Winds will be light, north-northeast, shifting to south-southwest in the afternoon, 5-7 mph, gusting 10-12 mph on ridgetops. Yesterday’s Activities: The north and west sides of the fire continued to hold as crews continued mop up and patrol along the dozer line between the 4810, 012, 4808 roads and along the 060 road. Low intensity burning operations continued south along the dozer line east of the Cole Creek drainage. Crews are continuing to open dozer lines established (during the Eclipse Fire in 2017) south of Indian Creek and will work to tie those lines into the 030 road and back into the Siskiyou Wilderness to the southwest. Night crews focused on...